Keeping up with the Lunds: Happy 4th of July

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy 4th of July

Raleigh and I miraculously had the day off together. It was so nice to be able to spend the entire holiday together. It was a blistering 114 degrees and we tried to make the most of the day.

Peyton wasn't afraid of the dancing waters

Kaleigh loved and I mean was IN LOVE with this boy

She talked to him and hugged and kissed him

And this woman laid her body in front of the drain so

that the water wouldn't go down and so that it would

pool where a lazyriver should be.

Two words: Super Gross

Just imagine the vast amounts of upstream urine that was pooling

in the dam that she was creating.

We came home and took showers and donned our 4th of July apparel

And bar-be-qued up some hot dogs

smothered with chili and bacon and cheese

Morgan and Kayla

And then we started the show

Pete was brave this year and held sparklers all by herself

Then the lightning and thunder

and the pouring rain

started and the girls got scared

And we finished up the night with a very loud and scary fireworks show in the front yard. It started off like this and ended up with all three kids crying and running into the house. Now, we are sitting on the couch feeling like we really DON'T want to go back to work tomorrow. It felt like a Saturday, today. Boo!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: I thought it was such a fun night. One of my favorite memories will be KK in her boots...what a crack up! I loved how brave Peyton was but sad that Ryker cried. Next year he and KK will be brave too. Thanks for another fun party.; July 4, 2013 at 10:04 PM
Ellsworth Party of Four said...: Thanks for having us over to celebrate with you. It was a fun night even with all the scary fireworks and all the crying. :); July 6, 2013 at 9:02 AM
URFAVE 5+A Few said...: It looks like a great 4th of July. I'm glad that other people enjoyed the day!
I love your hat and you all looked so cute and festive!; July 9, 2013 at 11:02 PM

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We are the Lunds. And some of us are Koenigs. And this is our life. I am Kaci and I am the creator/author/historian of this blog. What I write, I write with two goals in mind... To keep my family totally and completely involved in all of our doings and to keep a record of our life events. That is all it is...

I had four children from a previous marriage as well as a whole lot of baggage. And maybe that might have discouraged a lesser man from pursuing me, but luckily for me the stars aligned and a very good, honest, brave, not to mention super sexy boy took a chance on me. And pursue me he did... to flattering proportions.

In 2008, I married the Love of My Life. I didn't know being married could be this wonderful and happy. I didn't know that being in love feels like THIS. I didn't know that truly being loved and correctly taken care of is the greatest blessing a girl can have in her life. I thank my Heavenly Father a few times a day for guiding my path to the greatest of my treasures. It was a rough and long road but so worth the journey.

In 2009, we had our Sweet Peyton. She is a Lund all the way from her confidence level and mild mannered disposition right on down to her perfectly round and rather large head. What a blessing she is to our home and our life.

In 2010, we had Kaleigh. She is little and darling but don't let her tiny stature fool you. This girl can take care of herself. She climbs on EVERYTHING!!! And is afraid of NOTHING!

What a complete joy she has been, our little elf.

And in 2011, we had Ryker. We weren't really sure what to do with a boy. It's been a long time. But he is the exclamation point on our little family and we love him with all of our hearts.

My "big kids" (I call them), mean the world to me. I could not do this without them. They make me laugh, keep me young, make me feel pretty, lighten my load, make me proud, love me anyway and challenge me too. We've been through a lot,

the five of us, but they are superior kids because they've weathered the storm.

We are a pretty crazy and energetic family. There are constant comings and goings and hysterical happenings. These are our stories. And they are all true. Flowered up maybe, but certainly true.

Enjoy